Improvement in playing-cards



view of a playing-card constructed according- .to my invention. Fig. 2is a longitudinalrsgction of the same.

PHILLIP D. AUB, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PATENT QFFICE,

,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT- TO ASA HEINEMANN, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLAYING-CARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 164,508, dated June 15,1875; application filed November 30, 1874.

' and-useful Improvements in Playing-(yards,

of which the following is a specificatio i: My invention relates tocertain nefl'fid) useful improvements in the manufactitqofiplaying-cards. In the drawings, Figure 1 representsiaf Playingcards, asheretofore constructed, have been of limited durability, being readi-igsoiled or injured by the action of water, and easily broken or defacedby the slightest bending or folding. The object of my invention is toobviate these defects, and produce a card of the greatest durability,that will withstand the action of water, so that it may be washed asoften as soiled, and possessing such an amount of pliability andstrength that it may be bent and folded in all directions, and afterwardstraightened out without injury to the same.

My invention consists in a playing-card, constructed of two or morelayers of muslin, linen, or other'similar fabric, combined and unitedtogether by means of glue, starch, and sperm-aceti, or such othersuitable sizingmaterial, having the symbols or characters printed orpainted thereon and colored, to give the finished cards any tint orshade that may be convenient, such, for instance, as indigo, carmine,860,

The layers of muslin or other similar fabric a a-two or more layers innumber-may be combined at one operation with the compound I), or theymay be sized or stiffened first, and then united and combined with thespermaceti, and the sheets may be made of any size, and the cardsafterward cut from the same; or the layers or pieces of muslin may befirst cut to the size Fequired for the cards, and then combined with thecomposition, as may be found more convenient.

The muslin may be of any degree of fineness, and the layers forming theback of the card, or the intermediate layers, may be made of a coarse orcheap variety of muslin, and the layer forming the face of the card maybe made of a finer and more expensive va- The designs may be printed orpainted on the cards at any stage of the manufacture, either on themuslin previous to the first treatment, after the stiffening or sizing,be-

fpre enameling, or after the enameling, as may be found most convenientor satisfactory,

@' they may be embossed or stamped upon the cards, if desirable.

The proportions of the several ingredients fo'r combining with thelayers of muslin may be varied, being dependent upon the nature of thetextile fabric used, and the finished ar- 7 ticle tobe produced-a finematerial requiring a different proportion of ingredients from acoarsefabric.

The followin-g havc been found to answer well with muslin ofsuitablequality for the manufacture of playing-cards for all ordinaryuses, viz.: Glue or starch coloring matter; spermaceti.

These ingredients are thoroughly inc 0- rated, and applied to the muslinin a su'table manner.

The layers of muslin are then run between rollers, and subjected topowerful pressure, by means of which the fibers are thoroughlyincorporated with the compound, and. firmly united together. and at thesame time a high finish or enamel is imparted to the surface of thecard.

Instead, however, of applying the compound at once to the pieces ofmuslin, it (the latter) may be first sized and colored, and thenenameled by means of the spermaceti or it may be made in three distinctstages, viz: First, sized or stiffened; then colored or tinted; and,finally, enameled.

What I claim is As a new article of manufacture, a playing card,constructed of two or more layers of muslin, or other textile fabric,combined and united together by means of glue, starch, spermaceti, orsuch other suitable sizing material, and having the symbols orcharacters printed or painted thereon, substantially as described, forthe purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand.

PHILLIP n. AUB.

Witnesses JAMES L. NoRRIs,

riety.

J 0s. L. COOMBS.

